Printing machine



F. DE NIINICO.

Pmmms MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED. IAN. 8| 192i.

Patented Mar. 21,1922.

y UNITED STATES PTENT orifice.

FRANK DE MINICO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 POLLARD-LLING MANUFAC '.I.U1`\I1\`|'Gr COMIPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

n retirarmey MACHINE.

labels. The object of my improvements isto provide a machine of the' class specifiedwhich may readily be adjusted to print at one time, a succession of addresses on a sucaccompanying this specification, wherein 30. Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevafV cession of wrapper sections of a continuous web and which web is then severedlinto separate wrappers; and at another time to print a closely contiguous succession ofy addresses on a continuous strip and to then into individual mailing labels; f, Y

With these ends in view my improvements comprise features whichare yillustrated in4 their preferred embodimentin the drawing tion of so much of a printing machine as f will serve to adequately show'my lmprovements, and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View l Vof a portion of what is shown in Fig. 1,.the

two views being tothe samescale. i

My improved machine includes a -c0nstantly traveling type-form which prefer-V ably comprises a series of 'articulated plates -2, 2 each bearingl a name and address in embossed characters, such for instance as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing of U. S.

Patent No. 1,116,032, grantedV onlmy inven` v tion Novemberv 3, 1914. VSaid series of plates i is carried by drum 3, being fed from reel 4 and 'thence back onto reel' 5. Printing platen 6 is'operatedv from cam 7 fixed to thereto.v

shaft l8, for coactionl withv the successive plates 2, 2 asset -forth jin QU; S. Patent 1,145,233, granted on my "invention July 6,1915. f

11 may be rotated slowly in clockwise. di-

Specication of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

y Application led January 8,' 1921. 'Serial No. 435,797.

rection, toy feed said ribbon', by means not The paper on which the impressaid roll is led successively about rolls 14, 15vand 16, thence between' platen 6 and the lower portion ofthe series of plates 2, 2 on drum 3, below ink ribbon 9, thence about rolls 17, 18 and 19, thence between feed rolls 20 and 21 andtiinally over table 22 between cutters 23 and 24. Rolls 14, 16, 17 and 19 aremounted on fixed axes, and rolls 15 and 18 are carried by opposite arms 26 and 27,

,.respectively, of member 28 mounted for oscillation on fixed shaft 29.` Said member 28 `is oscillated'byfeccentric 30 fixed to shaft 31, through eccentric link 32 pivotally connected at 33 to rock arm 34 of said member 28. The connectioneat 33 between link 3 and rock arm 34 is adjustable to provide for varyingvdegrees of oscillation of member 28.

The general characterv of this mechanism is disclosed inU. Si Patent No. 590,002 to W. E. Crane, dated Septemberll, 1897.

Feed rolls? 20 and-21 are fixed to shafts 37 andA 38, respectively, and which vshafts turn `in fixedvbearings, not shown. Cutter 23 is carried byl arm `35, mounted for rotation with shaft 36 to which it is fixed and said Assuming shaft 31 to be the driving shaft, gear 39 and eccentric xed together yturn freely on saidshaft, but maybe driven with that shaft when clutch 63slidably keyed to said shaft, Fig.-2, engages the clutch of said eccentric.

Said gear 39 drives equal gear 40 turning freely on shaft 36 and which gear may driveA *said shaft when clutch 64, slidably' keyed to said shaft, engages the clutch of said gear. Feed rolll shafts 37 and 38 have equal inter'- meshing gears 41,A 42, respectively, fixed Said1shaft`37 also has fixed thereto gear .43' connecting through intermediate gear 44 with gear 45- fixed to cutter shaft 3.6. By changing the sizeof either or both of gears 43 and 45 and shifting intermediate gear 44 to continue to transmit powerfrom gear 45 to gear 43, varying speeds of paper vfeed may be had whereby varying lengths of wrappers may be Cut off bycutters 23 and so engaged said clutch andv clutch 63 are thereon,as follows: Pa

24. Main shaft 31 also has pinion Vttlfixed thereto meshing with gear 47 ixedtoshaft 48. Also vfixed to shaft 48 is sprocket 49, driving equal sprocket 50 fixed to shaft 8, through chain 51. Shaft 48 also ,has fixed thereto gear 52 driving, through intermediate gear 53, gear 54 fixed on shaft 55,. Also fixed to shaft '55 is sprocket 56 driving sprocket through -Cllain .57. `Said sprocket 70 is fixed to shaft 58 to which iS also fixed printing platedrum. Thetiming of the drive to shaft58 carrying drum is such that Vat each complete rotation of main shaft 31, shaft 58 is rotated an incremental amount equalto one printing plate length, circumferentially of said drum. rIn the present illustrated embodiment that .incremental movement isV one .twentyourth of a complete revolution vas there v'are .twentyfour plate seats in the :periphery of said drum. Also the timing of the drive to shaft 8, carrying the. six-lobed cam 7 which vactuates platen 6, is such as to cause saidcamto turn one-sixth of a revolution for yeach passing printing plate on drum 3, thereby eiecting -the coaction of said platen withv each successive printing late. ,This requires that shaft 8 be turned one-sixth of ai complete rotation for each full rotation of shaft 31 andvwhich movement said-gearing is proportioned to accomplish. Also the paper feed compensating device mustact at each incremental movement yof drum 3, 'and eccentric -30 on shaft 31 is eidient tothis vend.. Feed rolls 20, 21 driven gear 4 5 on shaft 86 are shown as geared to make two revolutions for each revolution of shafts 36 and 31. For printing closely contiguous impressions on a 'proof or mailing 'fstrip,

chain 6 5 conveying power from sprocket 66 'fixed to shaft 8 to sprocket 67 turning loosely on shaft 86, is employed. Said sprocket 67 maybe caused to `'actuate shaft by-means of clutch 64 when that clutch is engaged with the clutch on saidsprocket A67. [en

disengaged kfrom gear 40 and eccentric 30, respectively, said clutches being operated in lunison by theircommon actuator 68. V-Wphen clutch 64engages sprocket'67 shaft 361is rotated at a'much slowerspeed than whenthat shaft is driven directly from shaft 3 1 and therefore the feed rolls and cutter 2,3 are also driven much slower.

Theoperation of my improved machine is first, when operatedto printand severwra'pper lengths each having an address printed r'25 roll 12 is threaded through t e machine successively about rolls 14,115, 16, lthence over platen Gand under lates 2,22 on drum 3,

reel 4 about idler 59, thenceaboutdrum 3,

, I claim: thence about rolls -1 18, '19 and between :feed rolls 20, 21. The chain of artcu-lated printing plates, as 2, 2, isled from supply about .idler 62 and onto take-up reel 11.

Shaft 31 is now started rotating in the direction of its arrow, Fig. 1, clutches 63 and 64 being in engagement with eccentric 3() andgear 40, respectively, and at each full rotation of said shaft 31, drum 3 makes onetwenty-fourth ofra `revolution .and shaft 8 makes onesixth of 'a rotatiomthareby-wusing six-lobed cam 7 to lift platen 6 intoccaction with that printing plate 2 opposite thereto, whereby the paper. 25and inkribbon `9 thereabove are pressed against the printing plate and the characters on .that plate are impressed onthe p aper. At the same time 'by means of eccentric-30, arm 27 is raised and arm 26 lowered, whereby :the speed of travel of -the paper, hy means of feed rolls 20, 21, is reduced,.bctwe rolls 16 and 117, to ,theperipheral speed 0f .drum 3. 'Ehen as platen 6 withdraws .downwardly andas eccentric 30 asses through the second half of itsfrevo ution, arms 26 and 27 are reversed in their `directiorn of .movement and the paper, between rolls 41.6 and 17, is

.speeded up in `its travel to compensate for its previous slowing down. The paper is thereforefed forwardly a length equal to twice the circumference yof -feed -voll 20 fior Ygearing lbetween sha-its 36 and 37 different engths of wrappers may heihad.

econd, when it is desired to Yproduce proof or label strips, clutch 63 is di yfrom eccentric-30 and clutch -64 -is disengaged from gear 40, which :eccentric and ar, and gear '39, Vthereupon `remain idle, and clutch 64 is' thrown into engagement with `sprocket 67 thereby causing #feed .rolls -20 and 21 to revolve at a surface speedequal to the surface speed of drum vAlsofthe web of per '26 vis preferably led .directly over rol s 14, 16, v17, 19 as indicatedby dotted portions^25a,^25b whereby said web-travels uniformly relatively-to ythe `periphery of drum 3and is not impeded being `led around rolls k:15'1md '18,vwhieh however' are then at rest as eocentric'() is out ofaetion.

`ffh slow speed of cutter 23 will sever web 26 into `relatively long sectionssimilar to galley proofs. v

L1. In a machine of the character described the combination of a 'series of printing plates, means for advancingsaid plates consecutively Ito and away from printing tion, means eoacting with said printing plates, one at a time, for impressing said plates upon a traveling web, means for advancing said web in incremental movements each of which includes at one time an advancement at the speed of the printing plates and at another time at a greater speed, and alternate means for advancing said web constantly at the speed of said plates.

2. In a machine of the character described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates to and away from printing position at uniform speed, means coacting with said printing plates, one at a time, for impressing said plates upon a traveling web, means for advancing said web with a variable movement including at one time at the speed of the printing plates and at another time at a speed faster than that of said plates, and alternate means for advancing saidl web constantly at the speed of the printing plates.

3. In a machine of the character described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates consecutively to and away from printing position, means coacting with said printing plates, one at a time, for impressing said plates upon a traveling web, means for advancing said web, means for severing the web into predetermined lengths,\and means for changing the timing of the severing mechanism and the web advancing means.

4. In a machine of the-character described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said `plates consecutively to and away from printing posi` tion, means coacting with said printing plates, one at a time, for impressingsaid plates upon a traveling web, means for advancing said web in incremental movements each of which includes at one time an advancement at the speed of the printing plates and at another time at a greater speed, alternate means for advancing said web constantlyat the speed of said plates, and means for severing the web into. lengths, at one time corresponding with said incremental movements, respectively, and at another time into lengths each corresponding with a plurality of printing plate impressions.

5. In a machine of the character described the combination of a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates consecutively to and away from printing position, means coacting with said printing plates, one at a time, for impressing said plates upon a traveling web, and means for severing the web into lengths at one time corresponding with single impressions of said printing plates respectively and at another time corresponding with a plurality of said impressions.

6. In a machine of the character described the combination of .a series of printing plates, means for advancing said plates consecutively to and away from printing position, means coaeting with said printing plates, one at a time, ior impressing said plates upon a traveling web, means for advancing said web, at one time with a variable movement and at another time with a uniform movement, means for severing the web into predetermined lengths, and means for changing the timing of the severing mechanism and the web advancing means.

In witness whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 27th day of December, 1920.

, FRANK DE MINICO. 

